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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a white person who grew up in Texas. Sir and Ma'am were used outside the family as a matter of courtesy to authority figures or to people in anonymous situations. I don't remember being explicitly raught this custom, it's just the way things were. When my parents would give their orders to the teenager wirking at McDonald's they would use Sir and Ma'am as a matter of course. They would have felt they were being offensive if they hadn't. Race was irrelevant. They treated everyone the same way. It is so ingrained it is automatic to me. I have only come across one person who was offended by it and it really flustered me. If you do have another preference, please just let the person know what you prefer to be called rather than taking offense.[/quote]
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